Saying this is RESOLVED is like saying "My car now works because I've bought another one" rather than repairing the tyre puncture.

LMCE is big, very big - Huge. I think quality control is taking second place to getting new features out. Since there are so many components, changes are being made asynchronously without proper testing.

Its not the first time that an ungrade has resulted in installations getting crippled. The upgrade should have been withdrawn promptly rather than let others suffer.

Nevertheless, when you are told not to install the DVD of version 7.whatever and install the version based on 8.whatever instead you really are stuck with whatever gets dished out.

If releases are discovered to be a retrograde step you really should withdraw it and justify if only to yourself that the change is justified.

I'd love to help fix things -however, though I've been in software engineering for over 40-years having developed systems for some of the first 8-bit micros I have also worked in Release Engineering for DEC as was but have little experience in the Linux space.

I have just installed fresh 8.10 and it was working fine until the update.Now I am facing the same problem.It took me a night to install the system, is there any other way to solve the problem rather than reinstalling ?

Pigdog's workaround works for me. I refuse to rebuild the system from scratch like some of the previous postings suggest. My music, DVDs, Games and other settings are all configured on this system and to rebuild would take days (I haven't separated my core from the media director yet). So even if it is a work around it is better than a rebuild. I love Linuxmce so please fix this issue when you have a chance. Keep up the good work. I think this issue started about a month ago for me with one of the updates.

The issue has been resolved in the latest updates. But it is worth noting that even if you did a reinstall, your media metadata is stored alongside your media files, and is separate from the core database, so these things would be preserved. You can also use the backup and restore feature to keep device settings.

The issue has been resolved in the latest updates. But it is worth noting that even if you did a reinstall, your media metadata is stored alongside your media files, and is separate from the core database, so these things would be preserved. You can also use the backup and restore feature to keep device settings.

-Thom

Thom, Which latest updates? Something coming after Alpha2.36? I'm on 2.36 and I still have the annoying problem on the Core.

Thom, the issue with m_bMediaRunning not being set false, unless the core is running (http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=8881.msg60630#msg60630,) still exists. Nothing in SVN has changed which would rectify the issue. I don't have a build environment yet so I can not provide a direct patch. I intend to get on irc and request some assistance with the build environment but I've been away and havn't had a chance yet.